Okay… it's the fourth chapter… two left to write! Please keep reading and reviewing… both of which are really appreciated! sorry about the long time it took to update... i had hoped to finish this fanfic on the weekend, but due to "exam studying", procrastination, another story to write for English homework and also the fact that I didn't want to write this chapter- I wanted to write the next ones, but not this one ... The second day of camp, for me, was not my favourite... lots of tears and screaming... Anyway. Lots of my wishful thinking and dreaming is quite prevalent in this one : ) Enjoy!

DAY THREE

Just after the sun had begun to kiss the salt water lake of the camp, Tenten woke up, finding that Neji had left her in the night.

"Neji?" she sat up and whispered, not wanting to wake up Lee, who was presently thrashing around and murmuring feverishly in his sleep.

"Neji?" Tenten frowned. The Hyuuga's hearing was good- exceptionally so. His failure to answer worried her, as it meant he was not in the cabin or in a condition in which he could reply.

The weapons expert slid out of the warm blankets and soundlessly removed two of the many knives concealed around her persona.

Tenten crept stealthily out of the room, taking in deep breaths of the refreshing, clean air and not noticing the chill against her skin.

After a few minutes, Tenten found Neji on the pier, staring at the sun.

"Tenten? Why aren't you asleep?" Hyuuga called. Tenten flashed him a radient smile as she settled down in the curve of his lean body.

"That's my line." She replied.

There was silence for a few moments, each thinking about the person they were with. Tenten leaned against him and, upon feeling his muscles tense, began slowly massaging and manipulating the muscles in his shoulders and neck.

"What's wrong?" Tenten whispered in his ear. "You can tell me anything- we always have and always will."

Neji smirked.

"Tenten…" Neji turned and gently ran his fingertips over the planes of her face. "Tenten…" he repeated, a dreamy smile on his face.

"Neji? Are you okay?" the kunoichi put her hands over the cursed seal, checking for a fever. He was acting unusually and Tenten wondered what had happened to the man in his sleep.

"Tenten." Neji removed her hand from his forehead and kissed it. "I think I'm in love."

Tenten was shocked. She had not seen this coming.

"Neji is this- are you really Neji?" Tenten moved away from him, unsure of what to do.

"Tenten- I love you!" Neji moved in closer to her, cupping her face in his hands, Tenten detecting something in his voice, like panic, because she had moved away. "I think and I dream about you in every moment I am awake or asleep. To see you when I wake up is a gift that just gives me the happiest feeling in the world- something I never thought could be real… and knowing that you feel the same as I do… it just makes me the happiest man alive."

Tenten decided to remain speechless, but politely so, keeping her jaw from falling swiftly to the ground.

"Tenten, I want to spend the rest of my life making you as happy as you make me… Will you marry me?" Neji kissed her sweetly and Tenten was crying tears of happiness.

"Yes Neji… I will."

"Tenten?" The real Neji inquired.

Tenten almost died. A rude awakening from a perfect dream world was not what she needed. But then again, being asleep in the arms of the one you dreamt of was not so bad either. But it still did not compare to the marriage proposal.

Neji had heard Tenten whispering in her sleep, along with seeing her smile and cry.

"Neji! You baka! You woke me up from the best dream of my life!" Tenten said, giving no regard whatsoever to the sonority of her voice.

"Really? What was this dream about?" Neji asked, curious. "Marrying someone?" he suggested sarcastically. Neji was sure that the best dream of the kunoichi's life would probably being stuck in a massive weapons shop, with millions of those sharp instruments to add to her more than adequate arsenal.

Neji was taken aback as the feisty kunoichi of Konoha blushed furiously as if she was one of those pathetically fanatic girls who loved to follow him around.

"Hn. Well I guess I'll envy that guy then," Neji kissed her lips, smirking despite himself as more blood rushed to her face.

After a breakfast of toast and hot chocolate (the girls had kindly refused the hot drink, not really needing its chocolate properties), it was announced to the shinobi that the day's activities would be a hike, abseiling and a high ropes course. Tenten was surprised. How Lee would manage the higher activities was a mystery to her.

The hike was long and gritty. When the hot wind blew, it sent dust into the air, sticking to their skin. The trail led them all around the property, and into endless areas of trees. By the end of the scenic hike, the teachers brought their students to the river, and let them spend the few minutes they had left until lunch swimming around in the cold water.

"Marco Polo!" Temari shouted. There was a murmur of agreement, and Temari shut her eyes and waded around in the water.

"Marco?"

"Polo..." A male replied to her right. Temari pivoted in the other direction and promptly tripped over a body.

"Temari? That kinda hurt..." Shikamaru said to the blushing kunoichi of Sunakagure.

"Sorry... I didn't see..."There was a moment of silence. "You're in!" Temari untied her belt and placed it around his eyes, spun him around, none too gently, and ran off, on top of the water.

"Marco?" He called out lazily. Games like these seemed to be too troublesome.

"Polo."

After lunch (salad wraps), the 13 shinobi gathered around the abseiling wall. It was at least twelve meters tall and had several holes and bumps carved into it, in an attempt to create a challenge. At the top, it angled out sharply, with a platform at the top, a few meters squared in area.

Kakashi walked up to the assembled shinobi and seemed to smile with his eyes.

"Yosh! The aim of this challenge is to refrain from using chakra. This activity is to test your body, not chakra control. Let's get started then!"

The rest of the afternoon was boring, as all of the shinobi quickly grasped the technique and could slide down the rope with efficient ease, navigating their way down the oddly surfaced wall. The chuunins and jounins eventually slipped out of their harnesses and scampered away to the river, leaving their teachers to untie themselves from their belaying harnesses.

Unlike earlier that day, there was no game of Marco Polo, there was just a lot of noise, splashing around and companionable talking. The five kunoichi were now drying off in the sun, and tanning very slightly.

"Hey Tenten… What was your dream about?" Sakura asked.

"How did Neji wake you up?" Ino rolled over.

"Why was it the best dream of your life?" Hinata was definitely curious.

"Why couldn't you just hit him and go back to sleep?" Temari grumbled, shaking her wet hair out of her face.

Tenten sighed and traced the knots in the pier.

"Well… this is really embarrassing but anyway… I had a dream that Neji proposed to me…" Tenten kept her voice low as she blushed. "…but Neji woke me up after he asked me in the dream by calling my name… and I figured it was easier to deafen him than hit him, because hitting the Hyuuga prodigy while lying down just doesn't seem to work very well."

Temari, Sakura, Ino and Hinata were silent, and then abruptly broke into laughter, along with Tenten, who had started laughing first.

Upon hearing the girls' giggling, Sasuke, Naruto, Neji and Shikamaru came over to see what was happening.

"Why are you laughing?" Neji asked.

This made them laugh even harder, and Tenten rolled off the pier and into the water. The other four kunoichi laughed even harder and pulled her out and back onto land, where she hugged Neji, completely covering the front of his outfit in water.

Neji sighed as he hugged her back. Tenten was annoying, but in a cute way.

Lee grimaced. Why did he have to be the mule?

Tenten could hear his thought. She read it on his very expressive face. Lee ran away from the tree and the rope pulled taut. Everyone who was not going to be hauled up the tree pulled on the long rope, and, slowly, Naruto was pulled up, by the harness and rope.

The objective of this task was to refrain from using chakra and reach the bar at the end of the leap of faith.

Naruto sidled slowly across the wires, and touched the cold, old metal staples. He smiled boldly and gave the thumbs up to Hinata, who was the next one on the course. Lee groaned and ran again, and seven of the Rookie Nine, Team Gai, their teachers and Temari pulled on the rope. Hinata clipped herself onto the heavy metal hoops and began to slide slowly across the steel wire.

This process continued. Naruto made the infamous Leap of Faith- a trapeze-like bar two metres out and two metres higher than the platform. Hinata tipped it very slightly, Kiba had gripped it for a few seconds and then he had slipped and Shino had over jumped. Sasuke had, smugly, hung on for a few second before allowing himself to be lowered down, and Sakura and Ino, strangely, had both broken down in tears, neither wanting to try and make the leap. Temari had easily swung onto it like a monkey and Shikamaru and Chouji hadn't wanted to complete the course, preferring to sit in the shade and help everyone pull the next person up. Lee had bounded with up with agility and enthusiasm, catching the bar in one hand. Gai-sensei had given him a tearful hug once his student returned on the ground.

It was now Neji and Tenten's turns- they were the last to complete the course. Tenten had hated the first challenge- the steel wire was tight, but slack enough to bend when pressure was applied to it. Her arms were burning- Neji seemed to be stuck on the cross wire obstacle and Tenten was told to stay put until he had moved on.

"It's very frustrating, I know." Kurenai called from the ground. "Just take a few deep breaths, check out the view from where you are."

Tenten looked around. All she could see were the leaves in the trees, the branches, the sky, the ground and the river.

"There's not much of a good view around here." Tenten said. there was a sudden clink, and Tenten fell a heart stopping few metres before Neji reached out and grabbed her hand.

The metal hoops that kept her tied to the safety of the course had managed to snap and the Hyuuga had unclipped himself in order to save her. The metal fell to the ground with a clang. Everyone was staring up at the pair. Tenten grimaced as she awkwardly reached into her holster and threw some kunai into the tree. Neji pulled her up and they both gripped onto the weapons. They both moulded chakra to their feet and climbed up further into the sturdy tree. Gai-sensei and Lee cheered.

"Thanks for that." Tenten said, a bit breathless. Neji smirked and kissed her before clipping himself on to the metal hoops once more.

"Kakashi-sensei?" Tenten called out. She couldn't see Lee or Gai-sensei anywhere- they'd probably gone to run laps around the camp. "what to I do now?"

"uh…" he looked to Asuma who looked to Kurenai.

"You can continue using chakra, but that's only if you want to- otherwise, you can climb down."

Tenten nodded. She used chakra strings to collect her weapons, and waited for Neji to reach the next platform.

The cross wire obstacle was easy. The cable was strong and taught and undemanding to walk across. The kunoichi wiped the sweat from her brow. The sweet feeling of adrenaline was still pumping through her veins and her hands and wrists were red from gripping onto Neji's wrist, and his own hand grasping hers. Neji was now on the platform at the leap of faith. Tenten wanted to watch but she knew that there would be less free time later if she took forever now.

The weapons expert took shaky steps onto the two steel cables. This obstacle relied on balance and was around five meters long. They were half a meter apart and Tenten gulped again, holding and slightly leaning onto the metal hoops in front of her.

Neji had made the leap of faith, and was now safely on the ground, watching Tenten's arrival on the platform. She rested for a few seconds before calling out, "I'm going to jump! You have to catch me if I fall!" Tenten bent her knees and jumped, her hands outstretched.

There was a tense moment, everyone gathering beneath the trapeze swign to catch the kunoichi. They needn't have bothered - Tenten had grabbed onto the bar and was now sitting on its length. She smiled and threw some kunai at a nearby tree, using them to aid her decline.

Once on the ground, Tenten removed the wretched harness and helmet. She helped the Hyuuga out of the straps and buckles and kissed him, fiercely, for several moments before he recovered from the shock of having her lips upon his so suddenly. The prodigy found it was an easy thing to get used to.

After dinner, the other shinobi went down to the river for another swim, or to have showers.

Tenten walked with Neji back to their cabin, stripping briskly out of her clothes to have a shower, leaving a grumbling Neji to wait.

"Tenten?" Neji didn't like having to wait. Why did she always get there first?

"I'm still in the shower! Get away from the door or I will have to impale you!" Tenten replied.

"Hurry up! I need to shower too you know!" Neji yelled. He glared at the door, which splintered. Tenten groaned and rolled her eyes behind the shower curtain. Neji really had to stop glaring at things. It was truly a traumatizing experience. With out a word, the weapons expert picked up a kunai and threw it out of the shower, careful not to rip the curtain, and heard the satisfying rip of his shirt and the heavy sound of it embedding in the wall.

"You broke the door!" She screamed after she had conditioned and rinsed her hair, a few minutes later.

"That was a delayed reaction, Tenten," Neji said. Tenten could envision that arrogant conceited smirk plastered on his face. She wrapped the fluffy white towel around her body, flung open the curtain and turned the shower head so that it was directed towards the Hyuuga who was now standing in the bathroom, waiting for her to get out of the shower. He had even cleared away the splinters while waiting for her to get out.

Neji was soaking wet and water and was all over the bathroom floor.

"Oops." Tenten smiled cheekily as she turned off the water. Neji growled.

"That wasn't necessary." Neji huffed.

"It was fun… Can you help me out please?" Tenten pleaded. The kunoichi had no desire to slip and fall on the bathroom tiles, revealing herself to her boyfriend and getting at least one bruise.

Neji sighed and waded, through the thin layer of water covering the floor, over to where Tenten stood in the shower. He held out his arm, which she took, and carried her over to the carpeted area.

"Thanks, Neji." Tenten beamed, and most of the Hyuuga's irritation disappeared as she kissed his fully healed and unmarked neck, and then his lips. Tenten shivered as he threaded his fingers through her damp hair and kissed her shoulder.

"Sorry." Neji grabbed his own black towel and wrapped it tightly around her shoulders, kissing her forehead. "Go get dressed. I'll see you later."

Five minutes later, Neji groaned.

"Tenten? Can I have my towel please?"

The kunoichi stood in the door way, holding the doorknob in one hand and the black towel in the other. Neji kept the water turned on.

"Tenten? I can see you! You're standing in the doorway! I need my towel!" Neji shouted.

Tenten laughed, and took three steps into the tiled and slightly steamy room.

"Come on! That's so… typical of you…. Tenten you are bitterly spiteful!"

"What! That has absolutely nothing to do with this… bitterly spiteful… you talk like a fifty year old baka!"

"Well what did I do to make you not give me the towel?" Neji called out from behind the white sheet.

"Let me think," Tenten said, sarcasm pooling on the floor. "You broke the door. And you called me BITTERLY SPITEFUL!"

"I'm sorry! Tenten please, can I please have my towel now?" Neji begged. He didn't want to continue this argument for longer than necessary.

Tenten smiled and took another two steps in, holding the black cloth just out of his reach.

"Tenten come on…" Neji grumbled a few obscenities under his breath. He checked that Tenten was still there, in the bathroom, and that no one else was anywhere near the cabin with his advanced bloodline.

"Tenten? Please? I'll owe you a favour… I just need the towel!" Neji pleaded.

"A favour?"

The Hyuuga was desperate. He, unlike Tenten, did not bring weapons into the shower, so he was forced to resort to grovelling. He hoped it did not have to go further than that.

"Anything?" Tenten's voice had a sinister edge to it. The shadows grew long as Neji gulped and his sweat was washed away down the drain.

"Y-yes… I'll owe you something…"

The lights became bright again and Tenten handed him the towel and skipped out of the room.

Neji sighed, but couldn't help but shake a heavy feeling of ominous fear.